HC Deb 07 September 2004 vol 424 cc1199-200W
Sir Brian Mawhinney

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much, and what proportion, of inheritance tax revenues in fiscal year 2003–04 was derived from(a) primary homes, (b) other homes, (c) financial assets, (d) land, (e) art and similar assets, (f) investments overseas, (g) individual savings and trusts, (h) life insurance and (i) other sources, broken down by main categories. [186963]

Table 1: Number of people aged 50 and over who are long-term unemployed1, by gender, UK regions, 1997 to 2004

three-month periods ending May each year)

Thousand
Region 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Total
North East 9 10 11 8 0 5 6 6
North West 16 18 15 16 10 9 7 6
Yorkshire and Humberside 14 12 12 5 5 4 9 6
East Midlands 15 7 7 6 5 5 5 5
West Midlands 20 15 13 15 12 10 8 5
Eastern 16 12 10 7 4 7 5 5

Dawn Primarolo

IHT receipts were £2.5 billion in 2003–04. A breakdown of this figure into asset types is not yet available. The available information relates to the asset breakdown for taxable estates passing on death in 2001–02 which is published in Table 12.6 of Inland Revenue Statistics, available at http://newinternet.inrev.gov.uk/ stats/#nheritance_tax/tble12–6.pdf.